“Our Rabbis taught: The Amen uttered in response [to the benediction
before a meal] should be neither hurried nor curtailed nor orphaned, nor should
one hurl the blessing, as it were, out of his mouth.”
That is to say, saying “Amen” is like saying the blessing
itself. It should not be rushed or slurred - for example by missing the first
letter, or cut short - by not pronouncing the last letter. It should not be said
by someone who didn’t actually hear the blessing, but is only hearing other
people saying “Amen.” Nor should it be a “throw away.”
We take our prayers
seriously, we take our responses seriously.
Amen.
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